Bottle



(No Model.) I

H. W. PAY.

BOTTLE.

No. 486,418. l Patented Nov. 15, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN W. FAY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,418, dated November 15, 1892.

Application filed April 2, 1892- Serial No. 427,528. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, HERMAN W. FAY, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The improvement relates to the stopper and that portion of the bottlewhich immediately coacts therewith; and it consists, mainly, in the provision whereby a bottle is not only effectually closed, but also protected against dust, all substantially as is hereinafter set forth and claimed, aided by the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view of a bottle and stopper constructed according to the principle of the improvement, the view being in central vertical section and only the upper portion of the bottle being shown; and Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof.

The same letters of reference denotethe same parts.

The bottle A and stopper B, saving as they are modified by the embodiment therein of the improvement under consideration, are of the customary description. The body b of the stopper is ground to ijt the opening in the neck a of the bottle. The stopperis also provided with a flange b', which extends laterally to be equal in diameter to the iiange ai upon the bottle-neck, and said flanges by grinding or otherwise are accurately fitted together-that is, the peripheral portion b2 of the stopper-flange is closely fitted to the peripheral portion CL2 of the neck-Hange. The inner portion a3 of the neck-flange is slightly dished, as shown, to be out of contact with the stopper-ange. Thus when the stopper is in position its body is tightly fitted in the neck of the bottle, and at the same time its flange at the outer portion thereof is also closely fitted to the neck-flange. By this means these two advantages, among others, are obtained: The admission of dust into the vicinity of the joint between the stopper and the bottleneck, a difficulty hitherto experienced in the use of bottles, is eectually prevented. Whatever dust settles upon the bottle-stopper can be readily removed therefrom before the stopper is withdrawn from the bottle, and when the stopper is removed the upper surface of the neck-flange is clean and ready for use; secondly, by reason of the stopper-flange bearing, as described, upon the neck-flange the body of the stopper is more securely held in its own seat, and in turn, because of the stopper-body being ground -into its seat, the bearing of the stopper-fiange upon its support is rendered firmer-that is, the two mentioned bearings for the stopper mutually assist in securing the stopper from displacement.

I am aware that ground stoppers are in use; also, that what are termed Sirup-bottle stoppers are employed in drug-stores and other places-namely, a form of stopper having a stem-like portion, which when the stopper is applied to the bottle passes downward into the bottle-neck, but which, however, is smaller in diameter than is the neck-opening, and therefore not serving as a stopper, but rather as a guide for readily directing the upper portion of the stopper into position upon the top of the bottle-neck. Such a construction as last referred to is unfitted for the purpose I have in view, not only in being something quite easily displaced, but also in not aording protection against dust. The present stopper is rendered more complete by extending it upward to form a head or handle b3 to be used in the manipulation of the stopper.

I claim- In a bottle, the combination of a bottleneck and a bottle-stopper, said neck and said stopper each having a flange, the peripheral portions of said flanges when the stopper is in position closely meeting each other, but within such peripheral portions being separated from each other, the neck-flange within said peripheral portion being dished and the dish extending to meet the neck-opening, substantially as described.

Witness my hand this 30th day of March,

HERMAN W. FAY. Witnesses:

C. D. MooDY, A. BONVILLE. 

